Wepa: Gotta Love Puerto Rico!

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Rosie Perez

Spike Lee discovered then-dancer and choreographer Perez in a club and immediately cast her in his seminal film Do the Right Thing. Before gaining fame as an actress, Brooklyn-born Perez, whose parents are native Puerto Rican, was a Soul Train dancer and choreographed moves for her fellow islander Jennifer Lopez when she was a Fly Girl. (Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Montblanc)